Yelena Andrienko

Leading Soloist

Born in Kiev (Ukraine). Studied at the Kiev Ballet School. Then was transferred to Moscow Ballet School (today the Moscow State Academy of Choreography), where she trained in Sophia Golovkina’s graduates’ class. In 1991, having completed his studies, she joined the Bolshoi Theatre Company. For a long time she was training under Marina Semyonova. At the present time, her teacher-repetiteur is Lyudmila Semenyaka.

2004Title Role (Herman Lovenskjold’s La Sylphide; choreography August Bournonville in a version by E.M. von Rosen)

2006Spring (Cinderella. Yuri Possokhov and Yuri Borisov production)

2007Soloist (In the Upper Room. Music by Philip Glass, choreography by Twyla Tharp) — creation at Bolshoi TheatrePas d’esclaves (Le Corsaire. Production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka after Marius Petipa)Class Concert (Music by different composers, choreography by Asaf Messerer)

2008Pas de Trois (was among the creators of the ballet), Variation (Paquita. Staging and new choreographic version by Yuri Burlaka)

2009Title role, the First Sylph (Herman Levenskiold’s La Sylphide; choreography by August Bournonville in a version by Johan Kobborg)Pupil (Georges Delerue’s The Lesson; choreography by Flemming Flindt)Beranger, companion to Fleur de Lys (Esmeralda by Cesare Pugni, choreography by Marius Petipa, staging and new choreographic version by Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev)

In 1993, she won 2nd prize at International Ballet Competition in Moscow. In 1994, she won 2nd prize at Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition in Kiev. In 2003, she was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.